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8/06/2018

The Federal Government on Monday revealed how the opposition
was allegedly pitching Christians against Muslims under the President Muhammadu
Buhari-led administration.

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said the
opposition was creating problems between Christians and Muslims through the
spread of fake news.

The Minister said the opposition through such method has
decided to blame killings in certain parts of the country on herdsmen.

Mohammed, however, noted that the Buhari-led government will
not relent until it provides security for the citizens.

The Minister said in Benue and Zamfara States respectively,
the government has put measures in place to stop the killings but that the opposition
has “either downplayed or ignored this”.

According to Mohammed, “With the Buhari administration
delivering on its promises to fight corruption, build the nation’s economy and
tackle insecurity, the opposition has realized it will not make any impact if
it takes on the administration on that turf.

“So, it has decided to take the easy route, which is to use
fake news and hate speech to de-market the administration, pitch Christians
against Muslim and one ethnic group against another. In short, they want to throw
the country into turmoil.

“It is said that the easy way is not always the right way.
The opposition knows that, but it doesn’t care. It is hell-bent on dividing
Nigerians along ethnic and religious lines. It is using fake news to blame all the
killings in a certain part of the country on herdsmen, ignoring the bands of
deadly militia groups that are being sponsored by unscrupulous people to kill
innocent people and put the nation on edge.

“It is distorting the fact that the clashes between the
farmers and herders are being aggravated by climate change – which has
heightened the contest for scarce natural resources like water and land – as
well as demographic pressure. With a population of 45 million in 1960, Nigeria
is today approaching the 200-million mark. Yet the resources have not expanded,
and have in fact been shrinking. It is ignoring the role of sheer criminality
in the crisis.

“We condemn the killings of innocent people for whatever
reasons. And that is why the administration has put all necessary measures in
place to stem the killings. In Zamfara, for example, you can see how the
military has put the bandits on the run. In Benue, the police and the military
are working hard, and that has resulted in a drastic fall in the spate of killings.
Sadly, the media has either downplayed or ignored this.

“This government will not relent until every Nigerian can
sleep with his or her two eyes closed.”

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